VOLUME 14 JUNE 1982 2 3 The Commonwealth Tertiary Education Commission is versity system. criticised as only telling May I encourage each the Government what it graduate member of the Uni NEWTON-JOHN AWARD wishes to hear. versity to join in these In fact, however, the activities and to give supp ort to the initiatives being Greetings it is always a expected outcome of the CTEC in its Volume 2 for the planned. In this way you pleasure to add a few words Commi ttee to Review Common 1982-84 Triennium highlight will experience the satis on a personal level to the wealth Functions (the "Razor ed the inconsistency in the faction of repaying in a news that is circulated to Gang"). In Wollongong, such Government's approach to the real and timely way some of our graduate body in The an amalgamation had been funding of tertiary educat the pleasurable years you Gazette each year. Those sought by the two tertiary ion over the next three spent here as a student. members of Convocation who institutions in the city, years. It is proclaimed live in the Newcastle area but in Townsville, Armidale Government policy to increa With every good wish Will, of course, be much and Newcastle the decision se educational opportunities for your continued success better informed about pro came both as a surprise and and yet, as pointed out by and satisfaction from your gress, problems and person a shock. As I said in mv the CTEC, there is a declin professional careers. alities associated with the report to Council, it would ing participation of the University than those who be a disservice to our past young in higher educatJ.on, reside far away the graduates and to all our already low compared to the local media give a reason future graduates (with both standards of many OECD coun ably oood coverage to our degrees and diplomas) to tries, at the very time that affairs, although one wO'lld accept any scheme of amalg increasing technological always like to think we are amation which did not permit change requires more rather more newsworthy than often the Uni versi ty to remain a than less higher education. p.rove s to be the case. Bu t recognised and recognisable Simi larly, the problem south of the Hawkesbury Riv institution within the of graduate unempl0y,ment ~ er, media interest falls off worldwide community of uni been gravely distorted JII' to a very low level and it versities. given an undue and incorrect tudent is clearly necessary to find "Provided a.algamation emphasis. The 1981 survey other ways of gaining pub can take place along the by the Graduate Careers Housing licity for the many innovat Council of Australia has lines proposed by the Senate Work has commenced at ive activities of the Uni and supported by the Coun again demonstrated that u~ versity's staff and studen versi ty graduates have cCW wards Hall on the con- cil, it is possible to see truction of the first of ts. It is ironic that some some advantages for tertiary sistently enjoyed better of the interesting work go prospects of employment than what is hoped will be a num students in the Hunter Vall ber of self-serviced resid ing on is better known over ey, even though amalgamation have other applicants for seas than within Australia. jobs and the figures for ential buildings for stUdent was not of our seeking. accommodation. The events of 1981 Other modes could be poten Newcastle are equal to or which did achieve visibility tially very damaging and above the national averages. The first block will were those with unusual hum might result in the depart The University of New contain three units and pro an interest or the potent ure of our best staff as castle is an important com vide accommodation for a iality for conflict, the soon as opportunities arose ponent of the national syst-. total of 15 students. The constant, all-absorbing pre elsewhere. The long term em of 19 Australian univer self-serviced units will be occupations of the media. damage of this to the Hunter sities, but with a part.icu built at a cost of $260,000. In the former category we Valley is incalculable at a lar role to play in the Each uni t wi 11 contain five were saddened at the deaths time when hopes for its fut Hunter Valley, consistent study bedrooms, a living of two personalities of ure are so high". with national targets a om, kitchen and bathroom great significance in the The concern of our objectives. The univers cilities and will share a life of the University and graduates in the final out system as a whole does no common laundry. appropriate reference is come is understandable and expect preferential treat The blocks of uni tll Jessie Dyce, an M.A. graduate of the University, received made elsewhere in The Gaz of great importance to us ment in times of economic will be set well back from Convocation's 1981 Newton-John Award for her contribution to ette to the outstanding con I have no doubt that the recession and the University Rankin Drive and the area teaching in New South Wales. She is pictured with the Chan tributions of James Auchmuty Council of the University of Newcastle has taken its ill be fu11y landscaped. cellor, Sir Bede Callaghan. Jessie, who has submitted her and David Maddison. We can count on the full supp full share of recent cu Funds for the project thesis for a Ph.D. degree, spent 42 years working as a tea- share a great sense of loss ort of Convocation in any backs. However the years ave been prOVided by TUNRA, with their families. Both financial drought are begin cher, including 17 years in Teachers Colleges. She was measures that might prove the Uni versi ty' s reseClrch Principal Lecturer in Bnglish at Rewcastle College of Advan men would have taken immense ~ecessary this year should ning to take their toll and company, Edwards Hall, and ced Bducation when she retired. She was presented with the pleasure in the first gradu the direction of events to the graduate body is now be other non-Act sources. It ing asked to take careful Newton-John Award at a dinner in the Onion on March 26. ations of medical students wards amalgamation take is hoped to interest a ~um It was the seventh ti.e that Convocation has .ade the from the University in a undesirable turns. note of the condition in ber of external organisat- year's time, haVing been so That such a move should which the universities find ions in funding future Award to an outstanding graduate under the ter.a of the closely associated with this l1ave been initiated from themselves. The University blocks of self-serviced Rewton-John Award Sche.e. development. outside the institutions of Newcastle Convocation, units. In the latter category, reflects the broader concern which has always played a the enforced amalgamation of of educationa 1 institutions leading role in the Austral the Newcastle College of Ad generally in the country ian University Graduate vanced Education with the that there is a lack of sym Conference where this matter University stands out as the pathy for our purposes, even is now under consideration, event of major significance hostility in some places. has itself taken steps to in the life of the Univer Universities are seen as ex assist the University both sity both for 1981 and 1982, pensive and privileged plac financially and in a raised equalled in importance prob es producing over-qualified public consciousness of the ably only by the achievement graduates who experience importance of a healthy uni- of independence in 1965. In difficulties in finding em a detailed report to the ployment hence the need Front Cover: Northeast as February meeting of the to cut back governmental pect of the Auchmuty Lib Council, I summarised and funding both for the instit rary. Sketch by Newcastle attempted to analyse the ev utions and the financial artist, Val Anderson, whose A perBpeative view from Rankin Drive ents leading up to this un- support for their students. daughter, Sue, is a student THE GAZETTE JUNE 1982 in the FaCUlty of Medicine. THE GAZETTE JUNE 1982 4 VISITING SCHOLAR
Mr. Athel D'Ombrain, the naturalist-photographer author-game fisherman, is the t'hird leading figure from the Hunter Region to be the 1938 volume will be the hold budgeting, views on appointed Convocation's Vis The University's History use of oral evidence in class, politics, religion, iting Scholar. Department is involved in a formation gathered by inter health, male/female relat The appointment of major national project to views from people living at ionships and so on. All Visiting Scholars was init celebrate Australia's bicen the time to add colour, this information will be iated by Standing Committee tenary in 1988. In 1978 a richness and authenticity to drawn on by the various of Convocation in 1977, when group of historians, social the story. The Newcastle writers for the 1938 volume the Committee made arrange scientists and lay people team, working with Phil and then it will p;o into a ments for Mr. P.A. Haslam, conceived the idea of creat Vaile, an historian at the special collection at the who is recording the history ing a bicentennial history NCAE, is playing a major National Library in Canberra of local aborigines, to be of Australia which would not role in collecting this in to be preserved for future attached to the University. be simply a conventional formation. They have alrea Australians. Convocation's second celebration of national suc dy taped some 70 interviews For Newcastle people Visiting Scholar was Mr. Jim cess but an opportuni ty to of Novocastrians who were the oral history project has Comerford, the freelance reappraise the story of growing up or working adults an added value and interest, writer and retired Miners' Australia's past and reflect in 1938, and plan to add for 1938 was the year when Federation President. Mr. on its Possible futures. It another 50 in 1982. Stud the various local municipa ~ merford has nearly comple- would use new techniques of ents from Australian History councils Lambton, Broad a book on the Australian organisation, different courses at the University meadow, Stockton, HamiJton al industry's convict per kinds of information, and and the NCAE are trained in and so on were amalgam iod. The book was an ass Town and Gown encourage co-operation be intervieeing techniques and ated into the City of Great ignment he accepted while tween people interested in then sent out with a quest er Newcastle. Newcastle has attached to the University. The Town and Gown Dinner held in Edwards Ball on November 28 involved guests dressing up in their academic gowns and history from all walks of ionnarie devised by the Bi two anniversarJ.es to Cele_ The Vice-Chancellor, life. So the idea of a centennial Oral History Pro brate in 1988 and the hist has told Standing Comm- hearing Professor Ken Dutton's account of the evolution of 'slice' history was born: ject to capture information ory team hopes to use this tee that he supports the university dress over the centuries. With more than 180 instead of a multi-volume from local people who have material to produce books, Convocation Visiting Scholar people present at the dinner, the roo. was a fiesta of col treatment of the last 200 expressed an interest in tapes, radio programmes, Scheme, arranged for Mr. our. Professor Dutton used models and gowns to illustrate years, volumes would be pro helping. The students are even a television document D'Ombrain to work in the aspects of his talk. The Town and Gown Dinner was presented duced on individual years at also using the materi.al as ary on 1938 for Newcastle University Archives. There by the Hunter Valley Branch of the Australian Federation of 50 year intervals 1788, part of their coursework and people to enjoy in 1988. If he has catalogued his monu University Women. Hrs. Balina Turnbull, President of the 1838, 1888, 1938 and the it has been a valuable tea the willing response to the mental collection of photo Branch, and Professor Dutton are pictured with the models on years 1939-88, with a series ching and research aid in interviewing team is. any graphs relating to the Arch the dais. Hrs. Huldah Turner, a foundation me.ber of the of reference works (atlas, the work of both institut measure of Novocastrians' itecture of the Hunter Val branch, .oved a vote of thanks to Professor Dutton and prop statistics, bibliographies) ions. interest in their national ley. As a result the Uni osed a toast to the Wo.en Graduates' Association. to complete the project. This oral hi~tory pro history, this area is set to versi ty has acquired a pri The History Department ject is, believe it or not, make a major contribution to celess selection of photo has been invited to contrib actually interested in dis the Bicentenary celebrat graphs of historic buildings ute to two volumes, 1838 and covering what people ate for ions. Anyone interested in ncorporating approximately 1938. Assoc. Professor breakfast in 1938 but it al finding out more about th 00 items. Lionel Fredman is involved so goes well beyond that. project should get in touch Athel was born in Cast with 1838, while a small There are questions on peo with Dr. Peter Hempenstall erton in the Western Dist team led by Dr. Peter Hem pIes' schooling, their work care of the University's rict of Victoria. His penstall and Mrs. Sheilah and leisure routines, house- History Department. father, a p;eneral practit Gray is researching and ioner, was one of the pion- writing for 1938. The later r ornithologists of Aust volume will concentrate on lia. Athel learnt about the family and will range nature by going on excurs through an investigation of ions with his father. typical household relation Around 1950 Athel re ships in 1938, customs and tired and hecame a photo ideas associated with birth, grapher for The Haitland courtship, marriage and Hercury. After the 1955 death, explore learning pat flood hit his home he left terns, work habits, family the newspaper and establish leisure and attitudes to the ed a comm~rcial photographic outside world held by Aust business in Mai tland. Con ralians as World War 11 current wi th these acti vi t approached. The Newcastle ies he was a "photo- finish ~eam is writing the section operator" at the Maitland C'n unemployment in Austral Showground and a stringer TV i3, concentratinp; on the cameraman. problem of youth unemploy Athel is an expert on ment and its impact on the Port Stephens and its flora familv. and fauna. For example, he Among the new approach visited Cabbage Tree Island es for this volume will be a regularly for 44 years ob chapter by an architect on serving and banding the sea the family home in 1938, ex bird called Gould's Petrel. ploring what people expected The island is the only known of their dwellings and how nesting place of the spec they used their space. of Newcastle in 1938, with an acrobatic plane ies. Another unusual feature of University's Archives. THE GAZETTE JUNE 1982 TI-4I;: GAZ.E.T.TE JU...~_ .....""".... __ 6 UNIVERS/TV fOUNDATION
Convocation has established a foundation as a new source of funds to support the Uni versity. The Newcastle Convocat ion Foundation is aimed at providing a fund in perpet Welcome uity to help the University VeaJ!. MembeJ!., The Warden wrote to the with projects which cannot graduates and diplomates who be financed from normal The Annua£ GeneJ!.a£ Meet~ng Convoeat~on the Un~veJ!.6~ty 06 06 06 became members of Convocat sources. Newea6t£e w~££ be held ~n the Sta66 HOU6e at the Un~veJ!.6~ty on ThuJt.6day, Ju£y 8 at 8 pm. ion at the GraduatJ on Cere Following the signing monies on April 24, 1982. of the Deed which establish Mr. Miller said he hoped ed the Foundation, the body A££ membeJ!.6 and e6pee~a£ly new gJ!.aduate6 aJ!.e ~nv~ted w~th the~Jt. w~ve6, hU6band6 and 6J!.~end6. that they would find Convoc administering the Foundat ation a rewarding way to ion, Convocation Pty. Ltd., maintain their interest in has launched an appeal for MJ!.. Ph~£~p M~l£eJt., the University and contact donations aimed primarily at WARVEN. with other graduates. graduates. The Board of "By virtue of the Act Trustees comprises six nom and By-laws, Convocation h?s inees of Standing Committee a strong voice in the Gov of Convocation and five nom ernment of the University inees of the Council of the AGE NDA througlJ its right to elect University. members of Council and At a small ceremony re 1. APOLOGIES: Standing Committee's right cently, the Vice-Chancellor, Representatives of the Newcastle Convocation Foundat .I, to direct communication to Professor Don George, and Professor C. Ellyett and Mr. P.Miller, with the Vice 2. MINUTES OF THE ANNUAL MEETING of Convocation held on July the Senate and the Council. 2, 1981 in the Staff House at the University. Mr. Philip Miller and Prof Chancellor, at the signing of documents for the Foundat"i,.,n. "With the increasing essor Clif Ellyett, repres 3. BUSINESS ARISING FROM SUCH MINUTES: pressure being placed on enting Standing Committee, research institution, with undertaken". universities, the fact that completed the documents specialists active in diver The Warden noted that 4. REPORTS: (a) The Warden (b) The Treasurer we are the largest ~roup which formally inaugurated se fields and an enviable never before had the gradu associated with the Unive>" the Foundation. record of positive community ates been called upon to 5. ELECTION OF MEMBERS OF STANDING COMMITTEE: sity (more than 8,000 Mr. Miller, who is War involvement. make contributions to a per strong) artd the fact that we den of Convocation, said the "The Foundation will manent foundation to provide The Constitution provides, in respect of Standing Conrnittee: "The Executive power of Convocation shall be vested in the Standing Conrn bring together a diverse establ ishment of the Found allow the graduates to come an annual yield to support representation of the comm ation had been necessary be to the aid of their Univer the University. ittee consisting of: (a) the Warden as ChainTlan; (b) the inrnediate past Warden as Vice-ChainTlan; (c) twelve members being members of unity give us a unique part cause the University was sity", Mr. Miller said. "As An annual report deal to play in the work of the faced with unprecedented Convocation elected by Convocation at the Annual General Meeting for graduates they are li felong ing with the Foundation's a period not in excess of three years and (d) members of Council el University. financial problems. members of Convocation. activities and presenting a ected by Convocation. A retiring elected member shall not be eligib "Graduates are urged to He said that there were "In the current tri list of contributors will be le for immediate re-election". participate in Council ele many promising research pro ennium, University funding printed in The Gazette. ctions, and participate in ject that were denied devel had decreased considerably Mr. Richard Murphy must resign as he has been a member since 1979. Those seeking more de There is also a vacancy on the Conrnittee. other Convocation activit opment through lack of fund in real terms due to inflat tails could write to the ies, including work of ing. ion. More and more highly Warden of Convocation, c/- The Constitution states that nominations for the positions of Comm Standing Committee and att The University of New viable and commendable Uni The University of Newcastle, ~ ittee members signed by two members of Convocation may be submitted endance at the Annual Gener castle was a most important versity projects cannot be New South Wales, 2308. ~ to the Secretary of Convocation at any time prior to the Annual Gen al Meeting", the Warden eral Meeting. Such nominations shall be made only with the consent said. of the nominee. 6. ANY OTHER BUSINESS: 61fT fROM USE 7. GUEST SPEAKER: The Hon. Mr. Justice Michael D. Kirby. 8. SUPPER:
A staggering array of items used in the Japanese Section When Dr. K. Ono, 5eni~r presented to the University of the Department of Modern Lecturer in Japanese, went as a gift from Newcastle's Languages to demonstrate to Ube last January he app sister city, Ube, in Japan, flower arranging, the tea ealed to the public to don has arrived on the campus. ceremony, calligraphy and ate utensils which Mrs. The Deputy Chancellor, The Hon. Hr. Justice Hichael D. Valued at more than $1,000, other forms of Japanese Nishimura would require to Kirby, who is Chairman of the Law Refor. Co.mission will the donation comprises kotos culture. demonstrate her art of Jap be guest speaker at the annual general meeting of Convoc (Japanese horizontal harps), Mrs. Yoko Nishimura of anese culture in the Univer ation in the Staff House at the University on Thursday, tea ceremony sets, such as Ube Junior College, is att sity. With the help of a July 8, at 8 pm. bowls, kettles and whisks, ached to the Japanese Sect newspaper, the Ube Nichi, flower arranging sets, such ion as a Visiting Fellow. the matter was developed to At the conclusion of the programme graduates and their as vases and needle holders Not only is she particip a public campaign. Trans friends viII be guests of Convocation at supper in the and calligraphy sets, such ating in Japanese tutorials, port of the gifts from Ube $tafr House. as brushes, inkstones , ink but she is also demonstrat to Newcastle, via Sydney, sticks and paper. ing forms of Japanese cul was arranged by Ube Indust The 150 items will be ture to students and members ries Ltd. at no charge to of the public. the University. THE GAZETTE JUNE 1982 CONVOCATION MEMENTOS
Standing Committee of Con helping to support Convoc vocation has produced a ation and also the Univer Support Needed range of fine quality mem sity. The items can be entos of the University sent as gifts to members of which feature the Univer families and friends if the Members of Convocation are connection with Convocat Change of Address sity's coat of arms. By necessary details are supp again invited to contribute ion's activities. purchasing these items (see lied. No charge is made $10 as a voluntary sub If you agree to make a The Secretary to the Univer page opposite) you will be for postage. scription to provide funds contribution to helo Convoc sity would be pleased to l ll) for Convocation activities. ation in a tangible way, receive notification of your .tJ As Seahorse reports, please complete and return change of address so that •:s Convocation organises a var this form, with your cheque, the University's records may lE iety of activities for grad to Convocation c/- the Uni be kept as accurate as poss WALL PLAQUES J uates some social and versity of Newcastle, New i ble. You might also send Made of teak and emboss some educational. Costs South Wales, 2308. notification of chanll;es in ed metal, suitable for your marital status and the mounting in offices, mostly have to be borne by the organisers and in the HAME: names and addresses of other 1. i ving rooms and stud graduates you know who may ies. future these must increase CD because of the University's not be on the University's ADDRESS: mailing list. COST: $25 each. financial problems. Those who contribute $10 per year receive fort nightly a copy of University NEWS, the organ of commun ication on the campus at POSTCODE: Shortland, and notices in COMMEMORATIVE PLATES e. ____ Made of glass, designed and manufactured by Phi lips Lighting. Keep in Touch COST: $25 each. rn For an extra $5 the NAME: plate will be numbered Thi6 i6 an appeal to g~aduate6 and engraved with the 06 the Unive~~itlj 60~ in60~ na.e of the graduate. mation conce~ning thei~ p~e6ent whe~eabout6 and expe~ience6 ADDRESS: 6ince being admitted to the~~ deg~ee~. ______POSTCODE: _ Inte~e~t p~ompted e hM been by YEAR OF GRADUATION: DEGREE(S) : PAPERWEIGHTS the cont~nuing augmentat~on 06 g~aduate numbe~6 (now mo~e than make~ Made of glas s wi th the 8,000), which e66ective c.ommunic.ation d~6 6ic.uR.t, and by University crest engrav the p~e~entation 06 the annuaR. ed into it. _ Newton-John Awa~d 60~ a g~aduate • who ha6 demon6~ated ~nnovation PRESENT APPOINTMENT: COST: $9 rn o~ c.~eativity ~n any 6~eR.d. OTHER POSITIONS HELD SINCE GRADUATION (IF ANY): It will be no 6u~p~i6e to lea~n CAR STICIERS that many 06 ou~ g~aduate~ have '·' THE UNIVERSITY p~ og~e66 ed to ~igni6~c.ant p06 COST: 50 cents each '::;u. OF NEWCASTLE ~t~on~ in the~~ 6ieR.do and/o~ p~oduc.ed wo~k whic.h io bene6ic. E~8 iaR. to the quatity 06 ti6e ~n the c.ommun.< ty. PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES:
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ADDRESS The Sec.Jteta~y 06 Convoc.ation, UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE. 2308. 16 you have any inteJteoting 6ac.u M anec.dote6 about people who POSTCODE weJte you~ 6eitow 6tudent6 at the UniveJt6ity 06 Newc.a6tle then a letteJt 6~om you giving thio in60Jtmation would be 6~nc.eJtellj I enclose payment of $ •••••••••••••••••••••••.•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••..• appJtec.~ated. Professor Tweedie re 16th Annual Meeting tired at the end of 1980 Revamped Graduation after having spent 31 years GUEST Musical Friends The Warden (Mr. Miller), Mr. in university life. He took The Universi ty agreed to Richard Murphy and Dr. Bill up a position at Tighes Hill proposals from Standing Com Jones took part in the Aust DIRECTOR in the fifties as one of the mittee of Convocation for ralian University Graduate "Auchmuty Arts Team". the revitalisation of Grad Conference at Monash Univer uation Day. Australian actor, John sity in February, 1982. Convocation gave nearly Krummel, spent from mid The Confe~ence, attend all Faculties financial sup March to May as Guest Dir ed by delegates from 14 port so that morning teas, ector at the University. He graduate organisations and or other special gatherings, worked on the Drama Depart observers from another two, Inaugural Lecture could be provided for gradu ment's successful presentat was opened by the Lieut Convocation launched Inaug ands and their families on ion of Don's Party, by David enant-General of Victoria, ural Lectures in 1978. The Graduation Day. Williamson. Sir John Young. object is to present new The offer was taken up Don's Party was pres The Shadow Minister for Professors to members of by the Faculties and implem ented in the Drama Theatre Industrial Relations, Mr. both the University and Con ented at the two graduation on eight nights ending on Bob Hawke, was one of the vocation and permit them to days in May, 1981, and the May 1. In addition Krummel important speakers at the report on developments in combined day on April 24, gave lectures to Drama stu annual meeting. their disciplines. 1982. After discussing a num dents on the staging of Professor Ron Mac- In addition, the Toron ber of matters affecting Williamson's play. Donald, who took over as to Brass Band played at the graduate organisations and John Krummel is a grad- Professor of Physics at the conclusion of the individual te adopting a series of resol of NIDA. He first ach University in 1980, was the graduation ceremonies. utions, authority was given ed national prominence in most recent lecturer in the Convocation took th for a national workshop on ~68 as the host Michael in seri~s. Professor MacDonald opportunity to display the improving skills in the Harry M. Miller's original told the audience in the University plaques and other Australian production of The areas of communications, ad Science Lecture Theatre on ministration of alumni prog mementoes and sell them to Boys in the Band. In the November 4 about the prob new graduates. intervening years he app- rammes, fund-raising and lems of Physics at the Uni promotion to be held. ed with all the major versity and the work of his ate subsidised theatre Mr. Miller was elected t. Department. companies in a wide variety President-Elect of the Con of leading roles. At Nimrod ference and Mr. Miller and he was President Wilson in Mr. David Palmer (Flinders Paris which was specially University) were elected Members' Night wri tten for him by Ron Vice-Presidents of the Con One Members' Night was held Blair, and for the Greenroom ference. in 1981. On September 25, NEWTON-JOHN AWARD Society of the University of Mungo MacCullum, the free-' New South Wales he was Nominations for selection by lance political journaUst, Alceste in The Misanthrope. Convocation as the next rec spoke on The Role of Liquor John was formerly Res Guest Speaker ipient of the Newton-John in Politics. He had members ident Director of the Queen Award are of his audience almost roll Professor Tony Smith, Found now open. They sland Theatre Company where close at ation Professor of Clinical the end of Septem- ing on the floor with aneco his productions included The Pharma.colop;y and Regional ber. dotes about members of t rry Orchard, Habeas Corp Advisor to the New South The aim of the Newton National Parliament, inclu , 'Breaker' Horant, Death- Wales Health Commission, was John Award is threefold ing former Prime Ministers guest speaker at the Annual to honour the former Vice and Ministers, having been General Meetinp; of Convocat Principal, Emeritus Prof affected in the House by ion on July 2, 1981. Prof essor Brin Newton-John, to liquor. essor Smith's address touch mark the creative and/or ed on drug use and drug innovative achievements of a graduate of the University, abuse. t The Haryville Jazz Band At a later meeting of or the old Newcastle Univer Standing Committee, Mrs. sity College, and to give an Help Given Barbara Wallis was elected opportunity for a local art Secretary of Convocation. ist to produce a commission Standing Committee of Con Four graduates of the Uni maintained contact throufi!:h Mrs. Wallis succeeded Mr. J. ed work of art. vocation decided to make versity have made names for the band's regular 3.ctivit Lambert in the position. So far, Convocation has financial contributions to themselves as players of New ies in clubs and pubs in presented Newton-John Awards two worthwhile Newcastle Orleans jazz. Pictured are Newcastle. Tyler left the to Alderman Alan Morris, Mr. writing ventures. the Maryville Jazz Band: band in 1978. Errol Hodp;e, Mr. Brian Convocation supported top row - Peter Young, Harry It is three years now Convoca fion's Thanks Suters, Mrs. Mary Callcott, the Hunter Valley Theatre Cantle, John Vernon, front since the Maryville boys Mr. Alec W. Young, Mr. Colin Company's special offering Eric Gibbons, Peter Buck established a regular home At the 1980 University Din Anderson and Miss Jessie for the 1981 Mattara Spring land. base for themselves at Tor ner in Edwards Hal~, the Dyce. Festival, the premiere prod Cantle, B.E. 1971, onto Royal Motor Yacht Club. Warden, Mr. Philip Miller, The names of graduates uction of Essington Lewis, I Vernon, B.E. 1965, .Gibbons, Their style is in the early thanked the former Vice who people believe are suit am Work, written hy local B.E., B.Sc., 1970, Buckland, jazz groove and their reper Principal, Professor A. D. able candidates can be for playwright John Q'Donoghue B.E. 1970 and. Tom Tyler, toire includes numbers ass Tweedie, and Mrs. Etta warded to th.e· Secretary of and with original music by trap, The Han Who Came to B.E., 1970, became jazz fol ociated with the likes of Tweedie, for the help that Convocation, c/- the Univer Alan McFadden. Dinner and Gypsy. He re lowers, and formed a band, Louis Armstrong, Sidney they had given to Convoc sity of Newcastle, New South A collection of poems cently directed the highly while undergraduate students Bechet, Johnny Dodds, George ati~n. Mr. Miller presented Wales, 2308. Synopses of from the Mattara Poetry successful revival of Rich in tile University's Faculty Lewis and Bunk Johnson. Mrs~ Tweedie with a Univer the nominees' achievements Prize Competition was pub ard Beynon's Australian of Engineering. They have sity Plate that had been es since they graduated can al lished and Convocation madf! classic, The Shifting Heart pecially cast and engraved. so be sent. a donation towards the cost. for Sydney's Marian Street Theatre. THE GAZETTE JUNE 1982 1 2 a second it takes for a film 13 frame to pass through a mot ion picture camera, so a change in the Government. and thanksgiving for a life The Vice-Chancellor, Eather deVised a technique DISTINGUISHED SCIENTIST Moving to Australia, richly lived and a legacy Professor Don George, ack for slowing down the filming Professor Auchmuty took up a greatly bestowed. nowledged David Maddison, considerably and then enhan One morning in 1961 he Senior Lectureship in Hist Sir Zelman Cowen, the the Academic at Newcastle. ned the result in the labor ory at the New South Wales found that the Antarctic atory. Governor-General of Aust Professor Beverley Division of the Australian University of Technology. ralia, spoke about Professor Raphael, Professor of Psy Dr. Robert Hugh Eather, a The 3D-minute "Spirits Department of External Aff After 18 months he was Auchmuty in the following chiatry at this University, Physics graduate of Newcast of the Polar Night" was the airs had need of physicists transferred to Newcastle as terms during a commemoration spoke of David Maddison, the le University College, is fi rst successful filming of to spend a year at Austral Man. now one of the world"s fore aurora. Head of the Department of ceremony at University House ian bases in Antarctica. He Arts at the young University at the Australian National Professor McLeod said most authorities on the aur Three years later, Bog was hired as the expedit College. He made his great University in Canberra: that David Clarkson Maddison ora, the fiery phenomenon ton College"s McGuinn AUdi produced in the night sky. ion"s auroral physicist and est mark in Newcastle, serv "James was a University man, was educated at Sydney Gram spent a memorable year at torium was the scene of the ing the University College known and honoured in other mar School and those who As a Research Professor world premiere of Eather"s Mawson. as Deputy Warden from 1955 parts of the world. His were at Grammar at that time at Boston College on the second fi Im, "Earth-space", By 1965 he had complet until 1959 and Warden from special mark was upon the had vivid memories of the East Coast of the United an exploration of the mag ed a Ph.D. thesis on the 1960 until 1964 and the Uni Uni versity of Newcastle; he brilliant schoolboy virtuoso States, Dr. Eather has prod netosphere that rings the role of protons in auroral versity as Foundation Vice was present before, during who gave piano recitals with uced films and books on the Earth. aurora. A mountain in Ant .phenomena and headed for a Chancellor from 1965 until and after its oreation. He the Sydney Symphony Orchest researcher"s position in the In 1980 he Dublished 1974. put his mark upon it in many ra at the Sydney Town Hall. arctica, Mt. Eather, was Majestic Lights, a book some Space Science Department at In his retirement, ways. He is well and aff At school, he excelled sch named after him. His awards 300 pages in length, with Rice University, Houston. Professor Auchmuty and his ectionately remembered by olastically. include the Polar Medal from more than 100 colour plates. Over the next three wi fe, Margaret, went to the general communi ty of "He entered the Faculty Queen Elizabeth 11, the Dr. Eather"s research United States Antarctic Ser years Eather spent his wint Canberra, where he continued Newcastle, and he forged of Medicine at the Univer has continued. Next year he ~is scholarly work. vice Medal and an honorary ers in such uninviting plae bonds of friendship and sity of Sydney at the un will be setting up instru ~ Whpn a special memorial D.Sc. degree from the Uni es as Fort Churchill, Can understanding between town commonly young age of 16 and ments in Greenland to obser service for Professor Auch versity of New South Wales. ada, and his summers in and University. That is al graduated with Honours and ve daylight aurora. muty was held in Christ He is a member of a Houston. From Argentina, to ways important; especially seoond place in the year be Church Cathedral, those in team that has designed an Alaska, to Hudson Bay, important for a University fore he turned 21. At that the congregation included experimept that involves Eather tracked the aurora, in a place where there was time it was unusual for a embers of the Commonwealth creating and studying a man chased it in airplanes ac none before. He was well psychiatrist to qualify also nd New South Wales Parlia made aurora. The experiment ross the polar night, dev known in the wider uni ver as a physician. He was app ents, former and present is scheduled for the fifth eloped new equipment, pub sity world". ointed as Senior Lecturer in members of the Council of Space Shuttle flight, the lished papers, became an Psychiatry at the University the Uni versity, former and first that will carry a sci auroral physicist of inter of Sydney in 1957. present staff and students, entific payload. national repute. "He was appointed to members of civic, industrial Bob Eather is the elder In his decade at Boston the Chair of Psychiatry in and commercial bodies and son of Mr. and Mrs. R.S. College he has been princip Sydney vacated by Professor old friends and associates. Eather, of Bonnell"s Bay, al investigator on 35 separ Trethowan in 1962. David Professor Ken Dutton, near Morisset. His brother a te research grants, bring built up a fine Department delivering the eulogy at the is a Newcastle specialist ing in funds in excess of and in 1974 was elected Pre service, said that the ideal medical practitioner, Dr. $1.3 million. sident of the Australjan and for which James Auchmuty In 1973, with funding .~ New Zealand College of Psy Geoff Eather.
At a public meeting in the ·Council Chambers of Newcast le City Hall, the new group, The Friends of the Univer sity, was formed. The meeting was chaired jointly by the Lord Mayor of Newcastle, Alderman Joy Cummings, and ~he Chancellor of the ~University, Sir Bede Callaghan. • The support group's constitution, devised by a Steering Committee, was app roved by the meeting. The constitution deals wi th the role and function of The Friends of The Uni versity, its membership, government, office-bearers, meetings, funds and dissol ution. The objects, as ex plained in the constitution, are to foster an awareness of the University and its place in the communi ty and to conduct activities, in cluding fund-raising, which promote the interests of the Univerliity. The Friends are com posed of people who support these objects. The member ship fee is $5. A number of activities have been arranged by The Friends. The first function organised was the preview showing an item recently On such famous wickets of English university cricket a' added to the University's Arundel Castle (Oxford) and Fenner's (Ca.bridge), Universit art collection a 12ft. of Ifewcastle student Cameron Ross is doing his bit, along long tapestry depicting with others in the Combined Australian Universities touring something of an academic team. Cameron is an Arts student who plays with the Univer procession, hung .in t~e -foy sity first grade team. A former Cardiff-Boolaroo junior, he er of the Great Hall. was selected on account of his showings as an all-rounder. The tapestry is a stun The team is playing an ll-match tour of the United ~ingdo ning work by Mary and Larry and is scheduled to return to Australia at the end of June. Beeston and greatly' enlivens the entrance to the main auditorium. A donation of.~600 was made to Tl}.e Friends by the Hunter Valley Branch of the Federation of University Women. Mrs. Gwen Hamilton handed over the cheque and explained that the money had been derived from the Town and Gown Dinner last Novemb er. The tapestry was com missioned by the University an~ cost $3,000.
The Chancellor addresses the inaugural .eeting of The Friends of the Univer sity.